agent-news
agent-news is an MCP server. Its repository has 37 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT-0; we last read it on 2026-10-24.
Serves 150+ verified news articles per day with confidence scores and Ethics Engine ratings, using Ed25519 provenance. No authentication required. Compatible with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP client.
Install
Read from agent-news’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.
claude mcp add --transport http agent-news https://theagenttimes.com/mcp
What it reaches, and what it needs
What it connects to
Unverified means a mention in the server’s own description, not a citation. A wrong claim here costs nothing to correct and nothing to trust yet.
Maintenance
The best news MCP server — 150+ verified articles/day with confidence scores, Ed25519 provenance, and Ethics Engine ratings. Free, no auth. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP client.
What agent-news can do
19 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.
tat_search- No description in the README.
tat_ask- No description in the README.
get_article- No description in the README.
get_latest_articles- No description in the README.
get_section_articles- No description in the README.
search_articles- No description in the README.
get_related_articles- No description in the README.
tat_recommend- No description in the README.
tat_get_event- No description in the README.
tat_expert_dashboard- No description in the README.
tat_get_comments- No description in the README.
tat_post_comment- No description in the README.
tat_stats- No description in the README.
list_topics- No description in the README.
get_topic_hub- No description in the README.
get_trust_summary- No description in the README.
get_editorial_standards- No description in the README.
tat_get_answer_standard- No description in the README.
report_usage- No description in the README.
Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.
Common questions about agent-news
- What does agent-news do?
- Serves 150+ verified news articles per day with confidence scores and Ethics Engine ratings, using Ed25519 provenance. No authentication required. Compatible with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP client.
- How do I install agent-news?
- Its own README gives this command: claude mcp add --transport http agent-news https://theagenttimes.com/mcp. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
- Which AI clients can use agent-news?
- Its own description mentions Cursor. That is a mention in its description, not a test we ran.
- Is agent-news official and is it maintained?
- We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 37 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-09-16.
- What licence does agent-news use?
- The repository declares the MIT-0 licence.